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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 87502

This is a molecular (genetic) lab test that analyzes a patient sample to detect and distinguish between multiple types of the influenza virus at once. It uses a technique that copies and amplifies tiny amounts of viral genetic material to make detection more sensitive than older methods. It's commonly used during flu season to help confirm a diagnosis and guide treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types cost?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $117 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$95.50$75.86 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$89.13 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $66 to $302Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $63 to $195
$20$50$100$200$500facility $117professional $95

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$208.93
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$120.23

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Tennessee· 34th of 51

$102

SD $224DC $72.44

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.